E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi, Martin Mayer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 47264-h.htm or 47264-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/47264/pg47264-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47264/47264-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/argentinerepubli00deniuoft Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A carat character is used to denote superscription. Characters enclosed by curly braces following the carat are superscripted (example: 2^{nd}). A transcriber's note follows the text. THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC +----------------------------------------------+ | _BY PIERRE DENIS_ | | | | BRAZIL | | | | Translated, and with an Historical | | Chapter by BERNARD MIALL. | | With a Supplementary Chapter | | by DAWSON A. VINDIN, | | a Map and 36 Illustrations | | | | _Cloth, 15/- net. Third Impression_ | | | | | | "Altogether the book is full of information, | | which shows the author to have | | made a most careful study of the | | country."--_Westminster Gazette._ | | | | T. Fisher Unwin Ltd London | +----------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: THE FALLS OF THE YGUASSU. _Thirteen miles above the confluence with the Parana. Like the Parana at the Salto Guayra, the river cuts through a layer of basalt intercalated in the red sandstone. The forest of the province of Misiones has a tropical character near the river. The araucarias cover only the higher parts of the tableland._ PLATE I. Frontispiece.] THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Its Development and Progress by PIERRE DENIS, D. ES L. Agrege d'Histoire et de Geographie Translated by Joseph McCabe T. Fisher Unwin Ltd London: Adelphi Terrace First published in English in 1922 (All rights reserved) INTRODUCTION